AWOL Marine Is Charged with Murdering his Grandmother, Sheriff Says

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- Authorities pulled the body of a North Carolina grandmother from a creek Friday and charged her grandson, a Marine who had been AWOL, in connection to her murder. Authorities in Rocky Mount arrested 18-year-old Isaiah Kahleal Evans Caesar at the Homewood Suites at 231 Gateway Blvd., where he had used his grandmother's credit card to purchase a room, according to local news reports. Authorities had been looking for Sallie Copeland Evans, the 74-year-old grandmother from Roanoke Rapids, for several days after her family filed a missing-persons report, ABC 11 reported. Her sister Mattie Copeland Parker said Evans was last seen Sunday evening, according to a Facebook post about Evans' disappearance. Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp said Evans' body was found off Highway 903 in a creek near her home, CBS17 and WRAL reported. Authorities found explosive mate...